山西省太原市2014高考英语一轮 阅读理解暑假训练题（5）

1、太原市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）训练题（5）及答案Mosquitoes（蚊子）are very important in human history . The Guinness Book of Records says that mosquitoes have caused over 50 per cent of all human deaths since the Stone Age , excluding deaths from war and accidents ! Mosquitoes are found all over the world . Female mosquitoes usually feed on the blood of humans and animals . Mosquitoes often carry dangerous disease called malaria , which usually occurs during hot , rainy season .If a mosquito feed on the blood of a pe

2、rson with malaria , it becomes a carrier of the disease . It injects the disease into the next person it bites . So , for example , a tourist could be infected with malaria during a visit to Indonesia . The same tourist might then visit Thailand where another mosquito may bite him . This mosquito could then bite another person and spread the disease .People have used insecticides to kill mosquitoes and their eggs for a long time , but many insects are now resitant to these chemicals . This resis

3、tance is a big problem for doctors because it can stop the prevention and treatment of malaria . Also , several of the drugs which doctors use to prevent malaria do not work anymore because mosquitoes are resistant to them . Experts now believe that the world will never be free of malaria , so they tell people to protect themselves from the disease .来源:Z#xx#k.ComIf you think that you have malaria, see a doctor immediately . Without treatment , malaria kills over 25 per cent of its victims in a m

4、aximum of two weeks . After treatment , mosquitoes that bite you will not pass malaria on to other people . Although doctors can treat malaria victims , you must remember ;prevention is better than cure .64According to the Guinness Book of Records, which of the following causes most deaths? AWar. BAccident. CMalaria . DMosquitoes.65We could draw the conclusion that the best way of fighting against the spread of malaria is_.Aprevention Btreatment Cseeing a doctor immediately Dblood test 66Which o

5、f the following statements is true according to the passage? AWe will surely get rid of mosquitoes in the near future. BIts believed that malaria will accompany human beings forever . CInsecticides are always effective in killing mosquitoes . DA mosquito can not pass the disease on to another person after it bites one with malaria .66. B 67. A 68. C 69*结束DTwo elderly women in my community died full of years, which means both died from the normal wearing out of the body after a long and full life

6、. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid visits to the two families. The son of one of the deceased women said to me, If only I had sent my mother to Florida and got her out of this cold, she would be alive today. The son of the other deceased woman said, If only I hadnt insisted on my mothers going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take. When things dont turn out as we would like them to, it is ver

7、y likely for us to think that if we had done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. There seem to be two elements in our readiness to feel guilty. The first is our pressing need to believe thatthe world makes senseand that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to try to find the patterns and connections. The second element is the notionthat we are the cause of wh

8、at happens, especially the bad things that happen. Psychologists trace this feeling back to our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. The world works for him. When he cries, someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely outgrow the notion that our wishes cause things to happen.67. What is said about the two deceased elderly w

9、omen? A. They died due to lack of care by family members. B. They lived long and died after a natural life. C. They died of the tiredness after the long plane ride. D. They werent quite used to the change in weather.68. People feel guilty for the deaths of their beloved ones because. A. they didnt know things often turn out in the opposite direction B. they do not know the natural course of events C. they couldnt find a better way to express their grief D. they believe that they were responsible for their deaths.69. The underlined sentence the world makes sense probably means that. A. theres an explanation for everything in the world B. everything in the world is pre-determined C. we have to be sensible so as to un

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